I think the show is interesting. If they insist on "drama" to continue, I will probably lose interest. If they're acting, they're doing a good job. But again, if they rely on drama instead of discovery, I will probably stop watching it.

TommyymmoT:You still have to know your way around though, or else you can't take the longest route possible to run up the meter.

As an aside, I drove taxi part-time a few years ago and I did everything I could to get everybody where they were going as fast as possible, and my dispatcher fed me like crazy because he knew I'd get people where they were going. I think I made out way better than any of the guys that tried taking their fares for a ride around town.

Wait until everyone finds out that Sugar Bear chairs the Immunology Department at the Center for Disease Control and Momma is actually Bar Refaeli after spending four hours in Rick Baker's makeup chair every shooting day.

jaylectricity:I think the show is interesting. If they insist on "drama" to continue, I will probably lose interest. If they're acting, they're doing a good job. But again, if they rely on drama instead of discovery, I will probably stop watching it.

You get it's all fake, right? All of it?"Her fake tits are awesome, but they lose me at the fake ass..."

I'm pretty sure the Jersey Shore people were actually that deuschtastic and slutty in real life.

Deusch? I thought those guys were Italian not German.

CommieTaoist: So a TV documentary about Amish people is not accurate, what a surprise.

I watched it knowing full well that it was about as realistic portrayal of amish people as the movie Kingpin. Knowing that though there still were some very funny parts. And if you want actually reality the only place you are going to find it on TV is PBS I think.

I grew up next to an Old Order/"Amish" community - haven't seen this show.

The community I'm familiar with scorned electricity (except in the community milk drop off), power tools (except when they needed to borrow them), phones and later internet (except when they wanted to), cars (except if they needed a ride).

The basic principal really seemed to be that the modern world was evil, but it was ok to benefit as long as you didn't directly own any pieces of it yourself.

There were drunken buggy races on the highway in the wee hours of the morning - it became a real problem one year.

Recently a man was caught sexually abusing his multiple daughters. The community tried to cover it up, but law enforcement ended up getting involved anyway, and they made a pretty big deal about how wrong it was that they weren't allowed to just handle the matter internally.

Not really a point, I guess, just saying a lot of these types of communities aren't nearly as idyllic as their reputation suggests, unless I was around the one outlier.

is it me or do those two look awfully.... how do i say.... let's say "english royalty-esque"?

or do ya think its more likely FAS, seems like they are all getting drunk a lot. But the Amish have been "keeping it close to home" for a couple hundred years. Thats why so many of them* are finding the need to leave now, simple evolutionary drive to procreate nonretarded babies.

If this reality show is real it could be worth a fortune but I have some issues with it. Let me call in a buddy of mine who knows all there is to know about these things and we'll see what he says and them maybe I can make you an offer on it.